You might be aware of the pain: getting a message with a box instead of an emoji. Android users tend to see this more, as many companies fail to update phones in a timely manner, or at all. Here's what Google is doing to fix the issue.

📰 News

Apple has shown off some of the emojis coming to iOS by the end of 2017. This seems very unlikely to be in iOS 11.0 given the Apple event approaching on September 12. My money is on iOS 11.1 in October or November.

🔣 Unicode

Peter Edberg of Apple has co-chaired the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee since its origin and is now stepping down from this role. I'd like to thank Peter for his work over the years on getting Unicode emoji support to where it is today! Three new vice-chairs are now me, Jennifer 8 Lee, and Tayfun Karadeniz.

🤗 Lastly

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